Walking down the hallway to grab some food, and aspirin, Dylan tried to make sense of his day so far.

Rhade was mad at him. Beka was mad at him. Harper was hiding something. Trance is engaged and her fiancé is going to be there soon. And Rommie, well, okay so maybe Rommie wasn't up to anything- at least that he KNEW of. And Nadine, well, that was a touchy subject since she had stolen away during the night.

Suffice to say, he was one confused man.

One confused man who just wanted to ask Nadine out, find out why his crew was angry with him this time, figure what Harper is up to and should he be worried, and a handful of aspirin.

And while working out in his head why two of his top officers were angry, another was hiding something that was probably, knowing the creator, dangerous or useless, and another was bringing in a second sun avatar onto his ship, he crashed into a lithe body.

Dylan had just enough time to see Nadine, the beautiful creature that haunted his dreams, before she started to yell at him.

"Just who the hell do you think you are! Sleeping with me! Argh! What's wrong with you! Do you always take advantage of young drunk women! Granted, I was not all that drunk, I only had a few shots, but still! Jerk! I hate you! Do you have any idea what the fack you've done to me! I'm the ship whore! Every thinks you give me special treatment just cause I let you jump me! Gah, you're such a jerk and you suck in bed! That thing you did with your tongue and I said I liked it! I lied! I hated it! It felt gross! And a magog is better in bed then you are!"

Okay, so maybe she was lying a little. Okay, a lot. But hey, she was mad, and it's not like he cared or anything. It was near lunch and he hadn't looked for her all day. So why would he care? Unless people heard her and it's not like they drew a crowd or any- oh shit.

Dylan stood in shock a moment as she yelled at him and saw a crowd begin to form. When she got to the end of her tirade he was blushing, with anger but mostly embarrassment, at what she said and could hear the people around them snicker.

He grabbed her wrist and turned around dragging her behind him in shock as he went back the way that he had come. She didn't say anything so he figured correctly that she was shocked that she had yelled all that in front of a crowd.

"Where's your room?" he asked her, anger barely hidden in his words.

She quietly replied, "Third door on the left, but I think one of my roommate's still in there. She usually sleeps at this time. She likes a quick nap at lunch."

Dylan stormed into the room, still not releasing his grip on Nadine's wrist.

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Rommie walked into her quarters after leaving Harper with the hologram. She looked around the comfortable, yet staged, settings of her room and sighed as she sat in a chair. A chair that was strategically placed next to a coffee table, love seat, chair, and an ottoman.

Her room was set up for diplomatic meetings and staged to make anyone who entered feel welcome. And the order of it always made the AI feel comfortable. Except for now.

She closed her eyes and leaned back into the chair, wishing it were squishier, so that she could sink into it. She would have to borrow one of Beka's.

Being an AI she liked order, things she could explain and control. But now she wanted chaos. Something to happen unexpectedly, something fun. Something she could explore and have and cherish.

She had a family, but she wanted more.

She had Harper, but for how long? What if he decided she wasn't all that he had thought she would be? And he left her, what would she do then?

Sometimes having a mind as large as hers was a nuisance.

She sighed again.

She knew what she wanted.

It was something she could never have.

She wanted a family, a real family, with Harper.

She wanted a baby. She wanted to have children and watch them grow as she'd seen so many others. She wanted to get married and grow with the other person.

And with silent tears she realized she never could.